Thyroid

Few studies have evaluated infant and parental outcomes of false-positive results from newborn screening of congenital hypothyroidism, and most studies are low or moderate quality, according to a systematic review.

Percutaneous ethanol injection should be considered an effective and safe strategy for patients with recurrent symptomatic cystic or predominantly cystic thyroid nodules, according to a meta-analysis published in Clinical Endocrinology.

Individuals exposed to the Great Chinese Famine in utero were more likely to have a higher thyroid-stimulating hormone level in adulthood compared with nonexposed people, with a stronger association observed among rural residents of China.

I was recently in our endocrine clinic, reviewing labs in between patients while also supervising three fellows. Once I saw this thyroid lab report, I paused, and then, I smiled.

Accurate risk stratification during the immediate perioperative period that incorporates molecular theranostics can help better guide decision-making for thyroid cancer treatment, according to a new joint statement published in Thyroid.

Teprotumumab was approved for the treatment of thyroid eye disease in January 2020. As real-world experience with teprotumumab increases, several clinical reports describing patient responses, safety and effectiveness are now appearing.

Thyroid autoimmunity is associated with persistent symptoms for adults with Hashimoto’s disease and normal thyroid hormone levels, according to a systematic review published in the Journal of Translational Autoimmunity.

Hashimoto’s thyroiditis was found in more than one-third of adults with papillary thyroid carcinoma at a hospital in Turkey, and those with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis were more likely to have a multifocal tumor, according to study data.

Menopausal women who have 41 or more reproductive years have more than double the risk for developing thyroid cancer compared with women who have 30 or fewer reproductive years, according to study data.

Lack of energy, forgetfulness and feeling sleepy are the most common symptoms adults with hypothyroidism face with “brain fog,” a phrase patients use to describe a type of cognitive dysfunction, according to a speaker.